Television sweep system



Sept. 16, 1952 G. w. FYLER ETAL TELEVISIN SWEEP SYSTEM 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Filed July 20, 1949 om im? INVENTOR. George W. Fyler Robert M. Grooker Atiys.v

Sept. 16, 1952 G. w. FYLER ErAL TELEVISION swEEP SYSTEM Filed July 20, 1949 2 SHEETS- SHEET 2 v ML l 1 Patented Sept. 1'6, 1952 TELEVISION SWEEP SYSTEM YGeorge W. Fyler, Lombard, and Robert M.V Crooker, Chicago, Ill., assignors to Motorola, Inc., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application July 20, 1949, Serial No. 105,844`

,h Thisv invention relates to sweepV systems for television picture .tubes of the electromagnetic type, and particularly'to sweep systems which.V

serve also as high 4voltage sources for the picture tubes.

An electromagnetic picture tube utilizes electromagnetic deflection vcoils for causing the electron beam of the tube to sweep horizontally and vertically across the viewing screen. The horiz ontalv sweep occurs Vat an extremely rapid rate, with each sweep of the beam tracing a horizontal line4 ofthe picture that is being displayed on the viewing screen. During each forward sweep, energy is stored mainly in the magnetic field of the horizontal deiiection coils and also to some extent in the circuit inductances associated there# with, and during the return sweep (or retrace) which precedes the next horizontalline of the picture, this energy is released. The released energy may be used advantageously to provide a direct-current voltage of a very high magnitude for charging the high-voltage anode of the picture tube to its proper operating potential, thereby saving the cost of a separate high voltage power supply for this purpose.

In conventionally designed horizontal sweep systems, the horizontal deiiection coils are indirectly coupled to the output electrodes of the horizontal sawtooth generator or, power tube through the medium of a transformer, with the deflection coils being connected to the secondary winding of the transformer, and the `primary winding of this transformer being connected `into the plate circuit of the power tube. In this way the deflection coils arecoupled electromagnetical- 1y to the power tube but are otherwise isolated therefrom. This sweep system, as mentioned above, may be used `also to generate direct-,current voltage of a high value. f

Indirectly coupled sweep systems are not very efficient, principally because of the magnetic leakage that occurs in the transformer between the primary and-secondary windings thereof. A relatively heavy plate current must be drawn by the power tube in order to insure both and adequate amount of horizontal sweep `and a sumciently high output voltage. This complicates the design of the apparatus and makes the cost of the transformer and power tube quite high. Because of the design problems which are involved, some manufacturers have discarded the combination 16 claims. (ci. sis- 27) sweep systems and high voltage power supply in favor of Lya. power supply which is independentglof the sweep system. Such an arrangement, while it presents fewer design difficulties, is even'more expensive than the combination sweep and high voltage system.

Undesirable leakage effects may be avoided by resorting to a directly coupled sweep system in which the deflection coils' are coupled directly to the power tube, andin place of a transformer there is provided a plate choke whichaffords `an inductive load shunting the deiiection coils: In such a system, however, the distributed capaci` tance and. powerless ofthe choke are apt `to be very troublesome factors, especially `if the choke is used as part of the high voltage power supply. The portion of the choke inductance which shunts the deflection coils must be suihciently high to insure adequate horizontal sweep. For example, if the deflection coils have an inductance Aof 40 millihenries, the part of the choke which-lis in shunt therewith has been chosen to be about 10Q millihenries ofL inductance for a full A10A-inch sweep, when a power tube of the ordinary receiving type is being used for sweeping. As a general rule, a choke having a high inductance is also likely to have a` relatively high distributed capacitance and highpower losses. This situation is aggravated-if the choke `is used to obtain high voltage with low direct-current plate voltage,- because thenV a high step-up transformation ratio mustbe employedl (the choke being arranged as an auto-transformer),V thus increasing by several times the effective capacitance and the power losses of the choke as reiiected into the plate circuit of the power tube. On the other hand, if the choke is to be employed successfully in a directly coupled sweep system, its stray capacitance and power losses must be low. In order to convert the stored inductive energy (1/2LI2) into capaciti've energy (1/2CE2) at the desired high voltage, 4the total effective capacitance C must neces-l sarily be small; otherwise the peak voltage Ev will be low. Internal losses in the choke and ringing of the various coils also vdetract from `the effectivenessof this energy transfer. l f l.

Plate chokes which have veryhigh inductance combined with extremely low. capacitance and extremely low power loss at sweep frequency, and which keep within competitive limits' as to cost and sizefhave not been 'available heretofore.

l Hence, direct coupling has not been generally regarded by those skilled in the artas a practical solution to the problem of providing adequate horizontal sweep and high voltage at low cost. Y

horizontal sweepwithout any difliculty, but also.

a much higher direct-current output voltage (about fifty percent greater than that obtained heretofore), using only about one-fourth of the power consumed by present commercial sweep systems designed for use in like situations'. In

accomplishing this we have; produced a. platev coupling choke of novel design,4 the. details. of. Y'

which are hereinafter described;y

An object of the present invention, therefore, is to provide a television sweepH system. which gives superior performance at lower cost than do the sweep systems heretofore available.

lAcfurther object is to. provide an improved sweep. system for a lgfiBP/il or similar picture tube using an ordinary' receiving type power tube which. is capable of` furnishing a high voltage output. on the order of 11,000 volts, together with a horizontal sweep of v inches, andj which 'has'.

low plate. dissipation (about 10 Watts) in the power tube. v

Afeature, of` the invention is the provision of a. directly coupled sweep system. including a` novel.` coupling choke, having an inductance; which is high. compared with that of the defies-A tionQcoil's, and also, having; an.. extremely`v low capacitance, which does` not lappreciabiy affectY the. return time of'. the horizontal sweep. VAnother feature4 is the. provision of` a directly coupled sweep .system including a novel high7 inductance. coupling` choke designed to have, a power factor much lower. than. that, ofjconven.- tional plate chokes.

Still. another feature is the provisionl ,ojf. an improved', economical, directly coupledgfy sweep systemhaving a high-inductance coupling choke and arectiiier arrangedand. interconnected in such relation. as-to. furnishV a. rectified., voltage. oil extremely high value,

The foregoing and other objectsfeatures andadvantagesuof the inventionV will be. apparent from the followingV description thereof. taken in connectionwith; thel accompanying drawings i wherein :V

Fig.,1 isa schematicillustrationof a television. receiver embodying theinvention;

Figs. 2v and 3 are front and rear elevational views of a highfinductance coupling choke usedin. the sweep` system of the receiver shown. in

Fi 1 4; is anend elevational view` of the choke;

Fig. 5-v isl a sectional view.` taken. on the line i-i'r of'KF-'igg i4; and Y Fig.'v 6I is; an partial schematic viewshowing a modificationV of the system illustrated in Fig. 1.

Irr practicing the invention,v thehorizontal: de iiecticn coils;` of an. el'ectromagnetic-picturetube arcoupleddirectlyto thefpowerstubefin thehori.-`

zon'tal sweep syst'errr offzthe:4 receiver;A "Plate currentsis fed to the power tubefpartlyf through a portion of' az high-inductance choke and partly through. a` dampery tube connected: to a, lower voltage point; The. platerchoke; is arranged as anzautofftransformer'having a portion; of its turns I 4 iny the plate circuit of the power tube. A diode arranged in series with this .choke serves to rectify the high voltage induced in the choke during the retrace periods of the picture tube, and the rectified high voltage is applied to the highvoltage anode of the tube. .The choke has aY core constructed or" improved low-loss material having an extremely high permeability. Consequently, a comparatively small number of turns 'is required on the choke tc'obtain the required inductance, thereby greatly reducing the objectionable distributed capacitance andA coi-l losses which otherwise would exist in the-Thigh. voltage part of the choke winding. The other portions Vof. theA sweep system likewise are designed with a view to minimizing stray capacitance and power losses. capacitance of the system, together with the high,

yinduct'ance and. low power factor of the choke,

the system operates with extraordinary eciency and' furnishes a high voltage which is muchV greaterY than that-A of any conventional sweep system` y Y Y Y c A typical television lreceiver in which y the presentV invention may bev utilized is illustrated schematically in Fig. 1. Ther` letteredl blocksin-J dicate the mannerv in whichr a television signal' is received. After passingthrough,theantenna circuit l0, thev signalY is amplifie'd'f'inI the radio,A

.A pliier M.. The .audio portion of thev signal is separated out and fed to the sound systemv I5,V

for reproduction in the loudspeaker I5. The

video portion. of the signal is applied tjo the cathode l-I of the `television picturetube I8.,

Thesynchronization components cfV the" video signal.' are vappliedl tothe synchronization circuit 2'0,` which controls. the timing of the horizontal and vertical sweeps'cf the picture tube i8.

The' picture tube i8'is anv electromagnetic-de.- fiection type of' cathode ray tube (such as a 10BP4) having vertical'deflection, coils 22 and horizontal` deflection coils 2.6'. These'defiectionl coils are mounted upon a magneticyoke (not.

shown) `which surrounds the envelopeI of .the picture tube. I 8. The, vertical' 'deflection Vcoils 22.. are. connected in. circuit.. with the vertical sweepV system. 2.3 of the receiver, .which system.

i's controlled in. its operation by the vsynchronizaV ing the horizontal sweepsor traces of the electron 4beam in the. picture tube I8.

The output of the power tube 32 isV applied to the horizontal deflectionv coils 26 of the' picture tube i8. In'accordance with the, present invention, one terminal of the pair of coils `2t@` is'A coupledthrough-a capacitorlSSand a conductor 34 to the. plate 3G- of the power tube 32;. The other -endof the.l pair' of coils4 25 ,isA connected through aisize control device 4G to a bus 4:2 which leads to. the. negative terminall 411.' of a. power Vsupply 46;. The; cathode. 158l of the power tube 32 also.v is connected to the.v negative. bus` 42' through a biasing resistor 50 and a bypass ca' pacitor` 5'2"..

VThepower supply'lihasa terminal 541V at which BecauseV of the extremely lowV S.- tii 'niafigimum 'posuw'ejvouage :furnished by .this power supply is available; This terminal 54 'is connectedib'ya conductor 56 to one terminal 61 or la `coupling choke t." The plate" as of the power tube 32" is connected 'nya conductor 60"to atap 6 2 on the winding 'of'thechoke58- The portion 64 -of theV 'choke' winding" intermediate theftap 62 andthe terminal 5'I contains (in the present instance) approximately one-fourthf` of: the totalfn'umber Vof turns in 'the choke winding, the'remainder` Aof 'the "turns being contained in that Aportion ofthe choke winding designatedv 66 intermediate the tap" 62 and terminal II.` The windings 64 and 66 together constitute an auto;

transformer with a transformationratio of 4:1, thepurpose of which will be explained presently.

' 'The piste as f time 32 thesis 'suivinnedv with Y positivepotential from thepower supply terminalr 5 4 `throughthe portion 64 of the choke56. A bypass 4c'zapacitor 68 connected between the con- The high voltage andereA of the picture tute'y I8 must be supplied with an-extremely high posie tive potential forsatisfactory operation of the picture tubef4 One or the chief difficulties confronting designers of television receivers is to find` an Yeconomical way to provide this high potentiali- Prior systems, however,` have failed to furnish 'as high a voltage as desiredin many instances'.

ductor V56 and the negative bus 42 affords apath4 for alternating current at sweep frequency. The screen grid 'I0 Vof the power tube 32 is connected by-a dropping resistor 12"a`nd the 'conductorf tfthepositive terminal 54 "of the power supply 46,'witha bypass capacitor 13 between the grid I0 andthe negative or B- bus 42.

The control Vgrid I4 of the power tube 32 is coupled tothe saw'tooth voltage generator 36 by thelresistor I6 and a capacitor 18.' The generator 30' drives the power tube 32 as 'a' 'class C ampliner, 'witho'p'eration thereof limited to 'aboutlthe latterH half of thev sawtooth cycle, in a manner consistent with good linearity.` The' plate 36' draws current through the choke winding 64in" such a manner as to produce a linear sawtooth variation .of the 'current in `the horiaontalde#` ilection coils 2S of thepicture tube I8. 'The tube.

SI1-is an' emciency diode or dampertube, which is connected-to the horizontal' sweep circuit for ,the

amplitude and improving the eiiiciency of this circuit. Most of the" sweep current during the 40 well known purpose of increasing the sweep cuit'duringflyback. The diode 'stops the oscil-jlationand conducts a uniformly- `diminishing current duringtherst `part of the sweep period.v There is some overlapping and' curvature oi?l both the end ofthe damning tube current andthe start ofthelsweep tube current, which are con-` trolled by the damper control 88. This provides a .resultant sweep current characteristic having good linearity over the entire sweep period. l

f The diode 80 has an indirectly heated cathode 82 which is coupled to the horizontal coils 26v by the capacitor 38. The plate or anode 844 is connected through a fixed resistor 86 and the adjustable resistor 88 to a positive terminal` `90 of the power supply 46, which terminal furnishes a substantially lower voltage than that available at the terminal 54. `The plate 84 also is bypassed by a 0.1 microfarad capacitor 92 tothe negative bus 42. The diode 80 becomes conductive as the voltage on its cathode 82 becomes negativelwith respect to its anode 84, thus preventing the occurrence ofringing and providing linear sweep. The current passing through the horizontal coils 26 is influenced both by the power tube 32 and the damper tube 80, as explained above, and the net result of this interaction is to provide a linearly varying sawtooth current having i a relatively wide range of variation. l

rn'a'nyV receivers (l0-inch sets`,for examplei the picture tube 'requires a high-voltage anode poe' tential ofA around 11,000 volts for best operation.

whereas the standard sweep systems have been able to furnish only about 8,000 volts. 'The use of the lower voltage in a 1li-inch picture tube would entaill a considerable sacrifice in 'the quality of the picture displayed by the tube;

f The present invention overcomes these diiiiv` culties by `providing a system which utilizesvthe' cholre V58 in place of the conventional transformer' to energize l'the high voltagepower supply. In`- conventional practice the horizontal deflection coils are connected to the secondarywinding of' a transformer; and the plate of the power tube is connected to the primary of this transformer. with the primary Vand secondary'windings being magnetically coupled but otherwise isolated from each other. In the presentinstance, however, thelpair of coils 26 is connected directly to the- .plate 36 of the'power tube 32, and it is in Vparallel with the portion 64 of thechoke 58 insofar as` sweep-frequency currents are concerned.l The portion 64 ofthe choke winding maybe con? sidered as the primary of an auto-transforn'ier,` the secondary ofwhichl comprises both ofthe winding portions V64 and 66. During the "horil zontal retrace intervals' Aof the picture tube I8; the energy largely stored in themagnetic eld of the coils 26 is utilized to produce a. sine wave voltage of extremely. 'high magnitude in .the choke 58.

The high-voltage terminal 6'I of the choke 58 is connected by a conductor -98 tothe platev |06' of a high-voltage diode |82; "Current for h'eat ing the lamentary cathode I04'of this diode is furnished by an auxiliary secondary winding |66, which consists of a few turns wound on the core ofthe choke 58. A current-limiting resistor'l08 is connected in series with the secondary winding I66 and the cathodeIUlI. The cathode I04 is connected by a conductor IIO to the anode 96 of the picture tube I8. The anode 96 is coupled to' the cathode I1 ofthe picture tube I8 through a suitable capacitive coupling schematically represented as a `capacitor I.I4, which in the present instance consists of theV external and internal picture tube coatings on the tube envelope. The cathode II is connected by a resistor H16 to the adjustable contact of abrightness control 'potentiometer I I8. The' iixed terminals of this po-` tentiometer II8 are connected respectively byconductors ^I26 and -|22 to' the-positive 'terminal' 96'and thenegative terminal 44 ofthe power supply46. The conductor |22 ialsoA connects the first grid |24A of the vpicture tube |8/to the nega-s which ,thel conductor 34 is coupled through the medium of thecapacitor 38) is now connected to a tap |46 onthe choke 58 which is between the taplg and the highvoltage terminal ,6l .of the chokeg, `The plate84 of thedampertube 80 is connected directly to the ,BT terminal4 Moi the power supply 4t. This arrangement eliminates the damper control 88 o f Fig. 1, and the bypassA capacitor 92, therebysaving the power ordinarily consumed in the bleeder resistances 86 and 88. The inductance of` the horizontal deflection coils is maderslightly larger in this case to obtain thecorrect plate load impedance Vfor the power tubes?! A factor contributing to the attainment of good picture size is the boosting effect of the capacitor:

et (saggi), wineries ein series with the horizontal deflecting coils 26.l This capacitor is designed to produce `acondition approaching series resonance at the fundamental line frequency, without sub-` stantially affecting the linearity ofthe horizontal sweep.y fhisadds a desirable increment tothe horizontal sweep.` Good control oi the horizontal sizeis afforded by the illustrated size control 40,

which variesfthe effective inductance of the de-` ectioncoils i@ This size control is placed di-` rectlyiniserleswith ,the deilection coils, as explalned-above..Y 1

While there fhave sideredat present to be the preferred embodiments of the invention, it will be understood that various modifications thercofmay be made with-` inthetrne spirit Vand scope of the invention as Setfwthintheappended Claims- Weelamf i. Y, i Y

1. A television sweep system for `,energizing electromagnetic deflection coils associated with a television picture tube and for providing a high potential for the anode of, the `picture `tube including, ,in combination, a direct current power supply includingrst and second terminals which provide potentials'pcsitive with respect to a reierence potential, apower tube having at least a` cathode, a plate anda gridhmeans vfor applying a sawtoothfvoltage wave between said cathode and said gridjofrsaid power tube, a high imped-v ance choke having an intermediate tap thereon, means connecting a portion of said choke between said rst terminalof said power supply and said plateof said power tube for applying a positive potential' thereto, means connecting said dellection coils` to Vsaid intermediate tap on said choke,

a damper tube having a cathode connected to said tapon said choke anda plate coupled'to said second terminal of said' power supply for applying energy from said power supply to said power tube,

and rectifier means coupled to said choke and to said anode o'flsaidpicture tube for providing a high directcurr'ent' voltage for said anode of said picture tube. j j e A television 'sweep `system lfor energizing electromagnetic deection 'coils `associated with a televisionnpicture'. tube'and for providing a high potential forthea'node of the picture tube including .in combination, a direct current power been disclosed what are con- 10 supply including iirst and second terminals which provide potentials positive' with respect to a reference potential, apower tube having at least a cathode, a plateand a grid, means `forapplying a sawtoothyoltage wave betweencsaidcathode andsaid grid of said power tube, a high impedancechoke including a substantiallyclosed core structure having a pair of spacedlegs withfa pri-` mary winding on Aone of said legs and a series connected high voltage winding on the other'one of said legs, said core having very high perme-f4 ability so that s aid windings have large induct-v ance with afrelatively small number vof turns and the distributed capacity thereof` is relatively small. means connecting said primary winding of said choke between said rst terminal of said power supply and said plate of said power tube Vfor applying a positive potential thereto, a damper tube having'a plate coupled to said second terminal of said power supply and a cathode connected to said plate of said power tube for applying energy from said power supply to said powerl tubejmeans connecting said deflecting coils be tweensaidcathode of said damper tube andjsaidpoint of reference potential, and rectier means` coupled to said choke and to' saidzano-leofu said picture'tube for providing a high direct current voltage for said anode of said picture tube.

"3."A television sweep system for energizing electromagnetic deflection coils `associated-with a' television picture tube and ior providing a Vhigh potentialfor the anode of the picture tube in` cluding in combination, a direct current power supply including iirst'and second terminalswhich provide potentialsfpositi've withorespect to. a reference potential, 'a power tube having'at least `a cathode, a plate and a grid, means for applying av sawtoothv vvoltage wave between` said cathode and said grid of said power tube," a high impedance choke including a co'r.el1aving a pair ol"v spaced legs with a" primary winding on one or said legs` and a high `voltage winding connected in series with said primary winding onthe other one of said legs, means connecting Asaid primary'wind-- ingof said choke" between said first terminal` of said-power Vsupply and said plate of said. power tube for applying a positive potential thereto, a damper tube having a plate coupled to said second terminal of said power supply and4 a cathode coupled to said plate of said power tube for apply` ing energyfrom said power `supply to said powerV tube, means connecting the deflection coils between said cathode of said damper tube andsaid point of: reference potential, and rectifier means coupled to said choke and tothe anode of said picture tube for providing a high direct current voltage for said anode of said picture tube.

4. A television sweep system for energizing electromagnetic deliection coils associated with a television picture tube andA for providing a high potential for the anode ofY saidpicturetube including in combination, a ,direct current Vpower supply for providing a potential positiverwith respect to a reference potential, a power tube having at least a cathode, a plate and a grid, meansA for applying "a sawtooth voltage wave between said cathode and said grid of said power tube, a high impedance choke having a portion'vthereof connected to said plate of said power tube, a diode tube having a cathode connected to a tap on said choke and a plate coupled to said power supply f or applying energy from said power supply tosaid power tube, means connecting said deflection coils between said tap ,on said. choke.,

and said reference potential, .and rectifier means elejctron H y Y television picture tube and for providing a high Y, tween' said4 c an auto l V serving.' as they primary and the entire choke.

molinos coupled f to said choke-and.. y1:0 said. anode orsalupieture tube forprovidingsa. high direct current voltage for sai'danodeofasaid picture tube.: r

l f5.-;,.A'-l:..television1'sweep' system for energizingelectromagneticdeflection.coils associated with a v j teleiiisionpicture tube and for providing. a high potential for the anode of said picture tubeV includingi-ncombination, adirect current power supply forlprovidingia potential positive with respectfto a referencepotential, a' power tube having atleast a cathode, a plate-'and a grid, means for applying'- ajsawtooth-voltage wave between said :cathode and" said grid of' said -powervr tube,

high-'impedance choke means having serially connectedwindings' with one of said windings being connected to said plate of said power tube, a diodef'tubehaving a cathode kconnected to a tap enj'said windingsanda plate coupledto said 12 throughsaid primary. portionr tor said power tube,l a diode damper tube having a cathode connected tosaid primary portion of said.V choke. means" and means and to saidr anode ofA said picture tubeifoi providingr a high direct current voltage-fori anodeofsaidpicture tube'. i 1 in; ,f- 8. Af-televisioni sweep 'system for energizing -V electromagnetic deile'ction'v coils associated w-itlpower supply for applying energy from said power Y Y spplytorsaid power tube, means connecting said Y deflection-coils towsaidjtap on said windings, and rect er-means-coupled to said windings for rec'- kti-f g the pulses produced across said entire w ding-s and-thereby providing a high directcurf voltage for said anode of said-*picture tube; elevision" sweep system for energizing agnetic -deiiectionA coilsY associated withA a potential for 'the` anode of said picture tubey including--incombinationfa direct current power Slllply'ior, providing a potential 'positive withl re'- specttoareference potential, a power tube havy ijn-gf' aty least a",4 cathode, a plate andv a grid, means Vfor-"appl 1n 'a voltagefwave offsawtooth form be'- l y thode and said lgrid'foff saidvr power tubej; high impedance .choke means serving as an autojtransformerand havingav plurality of series connected,portionsfwith terminals defining the. samameans ,cenneeting said' plateA of saidpower tube toa terminal o'frsai'd choke means, for producing a' sawtoothcurrent wavet'lieren', a diode r Vtube having' a fca'thode connected to, a; termmalof 'saidachblemeans anda plate con-l nected to, Vsaid ip'ower 'supply for,u Vapplying .energy fromsaid'powersupply to said' pow'ertube, means connectingsaiddeflectionr coils across one portionj ofA saidchoke means, and rectier'means connectedjto an end terminal 'of said choke means and to said anodeof'said picture tube for 'recti-V Y fyin'g the alternatingvoltages in said entire choke.

meansto provide-a-highdirect current voltagefor saidanodeof said picture tube.

" fl. A( television sweep syste'n.y for energizing.

electromagnetic deflection coils associated with a. television pictureV tube and'ior providing a high potential forthe anode of said picture tube includ: ingv in combination' directcurrent power supply meansfor providing a iirst potential positive withv rfespect to.a}reference potential, said power supply means-including", condenser means across which ar posit el'po'tential is vdeveloped whichis higher than said iirst"V potential, a power tube havin'gl at leastf'a cathode, a plate and algrid, means for 'applying a fvoltage wave Yof sawtooth waveformv between. jid Voatlfiod'e andlsaid lgrido-of Asaidpowler tube, hiimp'edance chokev means havingaplu-y ralityV series connected' portions andlformi'ng transformer with one, portionftherbf.

means serving as Athe secondary; means c'oi'in'e'ct ing' saidfplate of` said power tube to saidA primary portiorroisaid choke means for producing'a saw? tube, high impedance-choke means hav-ingaplu# rality of series connected portions and having-'end terminals and" at least oneintermediate terminal between vsaid portions, meansconnectinglsaid plate of said power tube to one of saidterminals' 1 of saidfchoke rie'ans-fork producing va sawtootl-r currentY waveinsaid choke means, condenser means acrossv which` aj positivek potential greater than said iirst potentiall is developedfsaid' cont denser means'beingf connected between zonefsaidl lendA terminals ofV said' choke means `and ,said reference potential ofisaid power ls'ivipply; a diode i damper tube having a cathode-connected tota-rr intermediate term-inal of said chokemeans-and a plate coupled tonsaid firs-t positive potential fori said power supply for applying energy` ufr'l'oin{Safd power supply'. to said powerr -tubepmeansconnectf ing-said deflection.. coils to' saidl inter-ine'diateiter'-ri minal across one-of saidportions2-off4-'said choke means; and rec'tiiler mea-ns coupled-tsaid endv .terminal-- of saidv choke Vvmeans "opposite- -to `4sai-"d oneV end terminal ^a-nsl'- to-"said' anodeoffsa v c"Vlr l ture tube for providing a high direct currentvoltage-forisaid anodeof said picture tub'e.

9.1A television sweepsystem for energizing;

electromagnetic deile'ction coils associatedwithatelevison picture tube and for providinga-'high potential for the anode of the-picturetube ini--y cluding in combination,- direct current-` power supply means including lrst and? second termi* hals which providev potentialspositive 'With-free" spect to'Y a reference' potential, a power tube: having atleast al cathode, a plate'and a eIfid'-,l

means for applying a voltage waveofsaw-tooth-r waveform between said cathode andv sai'df gridv of said power tube, highimpedance'chokejnreans having Vseries :connected portions y* and jan" interi mediate tapthereon; means connecting ai p r-ftion j' of said choke 'means' between "saidj iirstf ter?"V min'al of` said-powersupplyj'meansand said plate-I 0f .Seidl pwer'tubefor appl'yinsa psitve'bote. f tial'v theretog means Yconnecting saidy -deleeti'orr coils tosaid intermediate tapj on, said',clfioijzivr means, a damper tube havingVv a cathode" con`Vv nected, to said intermediate tapon sa-idfj'cho means anda plate coupled'to sa'id'secondVA termi-f`v nal ofl said power supply for applyingenergy-l from said power supply tov said power *tu loe,^andA rectiiermean's'coupled to said chokemeansand to. said anodel oi" said picture tube forprovidin ajy high direct' current voltage forjsaid -a'nfodef-ofNv said picture tube. f f

10.' A' television-Sweep system fr'energiz'ihg* Y electromagnetic deflection .coils associated 'with a television picture tubeand for providinga `high potential for the anode of Vthepicture tubeY including Viny combination, direct. current power supply means including condenser means across which `a, first potential. is developed which is positive with respect to a reference potential and .a terminal at which a potential is developed which` is lower than said first potential and which isV also positive with respect tosaid reference potential, a power tube having at least a cathodana plate and a grid, means forrapplying a voltage wave of sawtooth wave form between said cathode and said grid of Vsaid powerftube, high impedance choke means including a substantially closed core structure having a pair of spaced legs with primary winding means on one of said legs and series connected high voltage winding means on the other of said legs, said core structure having very high permeability so that said windings have large inductance with a relatively small number of turns and the distributed capacity thereof is relatively small, means connecting said primary winding means of said choke means between said condenser means and said plate of said power tube for applying a positive potential thereto, a diode damper tube having a plate coupled to said second terminal of said power supply means and a cathode connected to said primary winding means of said choke means for supplying energy from said power supply means to said power tube, means connecting said deiiecting coils across at least a portion of said primary winding means of said choke means, and rectifier means coupled to said high voltage winding means of said choke means and to said anode of said picture tube for providing a high direct current voltage for said anode of said picture tube.

l1. A television sweep system for energizing electromagnetic deflection coils associated with a television picture tube and for providing a high potential for the anode of the picture tube including in combination, direct current power supply means for providing a potential which is positive with respect to a reference potential, a power tube having at least a cathode, a plate and a grid, means for applying a voltage wave of sawtooth wave form between said cathode and said grid of said power tube, high impedance choke means serving as an auto transformer and including a substantially closed core structure having a pair of spaced legs with primary winding means on one of said legs and series connected high voltage winding means on the other one of said legs, said core having very high permeability so that said windings have large inductance with a relatively small number of turns and the distributed capacity thereof is relatively small, means connecting said primary winding means of said choke means to said plate of said power tube for providing a sawtooth current wave in said choke means, a diode damper tube having a plate coupled to said positive potential of said power supply means and a cathode connected to said primary winding means of said choke means for applying energy from said power supply means to said power tube, means connecting said defiecting coils across at least a portion of said primary winding means, with said deflecting coils being connected to said cathode of said damper tube, and rectifier means coupled to said high voltage winding means of said choke means and to said anode of said pic- 515121- ture tube for providing i a. high' direct current voltage forsaid anode of said picturetube.

12. A sweep system as .setyf'orthl in-claim 11 wherein said diode damper tube has a` heater in"-i sulated from Ysaid damper tube cathode sumciently to permit grounding of said heater.

v1,3. A television sweep system for periodically energizing an .electromagneticbeam deection means associated with a picture tube, such system, comprising `current supply means including a` power tube adapted to supplya periodically varying current wavetothe deflection-means of theipicture tube, said power `tube'having output electrode means coupled to the deilectionmeans whereby said current wave isconducted without transformation thereof from said power tube to the deflection means, and a capacitor connected in series with said output electrode means and the deflection means to increase the variations in amplitude of the current wave, said. capacitor having a capacitance such as to produce a condition approaching series resonance in conjunction with the inductance of the deflection means at the fundamental frequency of the current wave.

14. A television sweep system for periodically energizing an electromagnetic beam deiiection means associated with a picture tube, such system comprising current supply means including a power tube adapted to supply a periodically varying current wave to the deflection means of the picture tube, said power tube having output electrode means coupled to the deflection means whereby said current wave is conducted without transformation thereof from said power tube to the deflection means, a capacitor connected in series with said output electrode means and the deflection means to increase the variations in amplitude or the current wave, said capacitor having a capacitance such as to produce a condition approaching series resonance in conjunction with the inductance of the deflection means at the fundamental frequency of the current wave, and a size control including a variable inductance connected in series with the deflection means and said output electrode means for limiting the variations in amplitude of the current Wave to a desired amount.

15. A television sweep system for energizing electromagnetic deflection coils associated with a picture tube, such system comprising a power supply having negative and positive terminals, a choke having a first terminal connected to said positive power supply terminal, a first tap on said choke, a power tube having a cathode connected to said negative power supply terminal and a plate connected to said rst tap, a sawtooth voltage source for driving said power tube, a second tap on said choke, means coupling said second tap to the deflection coils of the picture tube, a damper tube having a cathode connected to said second tap and an anode connected to said negative power supply terminal, a second terminal on said choke, a rectifier means connected to said second terminal for utilizing pulse voltages induced in said choke to develop a high direct-current operating potential for the picture tube.

15. A sweep system as set forth in claim 15, wherein said damper tube has a heater sufficiently well insulated from said damper tube cathode to permit the grounding of said heater.

GEORGE W. FYLER. ROBERT M. CROOKER.

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